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CSPA Joins EWC in Requesting BDCP Time Extension
On 16 May 2014, CSPA joined the Environmental Water Caucus in requesting that the public comment period for the BDCP EIR/EIS be extended for a minimum of 60 days. The extension was requested because the BDCP proponents had failed to release the Implementation Agreement for the project. The Implementation Agreement defines obligations, provides assurances, ensures…
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CSPA Joins Coalition in Urging Protection for Wild & Scenic Rivers
On 16 May 2014, CSPA joined Friends of the River and 40 other environmental, fishing and whitewater organizations in expressing opposition to H.R. 3964 in separate letters to Senators Udall, Feinstein and Boxer. The Bill attempts to commandeer water from other legal users of water and dedicated environmental flows, waives major elements of state and…
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CSPA Protests Latest State Board Drought Temporary Urgency Change Order
On 28 April 2014, CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance formally protested the State Water Resource Control Board’s latest Temporary Urgency Order further relaxing water quality criteria and flow standards in the Delta to expedite increased water exports. The 18 April Order is the seventh modification of Delta protection standards since 7 February. The protest asserts that…
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Temperance Flat Dam Feasibility Report
On 21 April 2014, CSPA joined NRDC, Friends of the River and The Bay Institute in submitting comments on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Draft Feasibility Report for the Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation – Temperance Flat Reservoir. The detailed comment letter pointed out that the investigation is significantly flawed, does not accurately…
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CSPA, Coalition Urge Governor Brown to Establish Groundwater Regulations that Protect Public Trust Resources
On 15 April 2014, CSPA joined PCFFA, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Environmental Water Caucus, California Water Impact Network, Earth Law Center, Karuk Tribe, Environment Now and Klamath Riverkeeper in urging Governor Jerry Brown to reform groundwater management in California. The coalition recommended specific measures that would help prevent the overdraft and waste of critical groundwater resources…
